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EC Rubio Offices
AV. EJÉRCITO NACIONAL 7695-C
32663 CIUDAD JUAREZ
CHIHUAHUA
Mexico
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César Ochoa
Work Department
Business, Corporate M&A, Real Estate, International Trade and Tax
Position
Partner
Career
César Ochoa has more than 30 years of experience counseling domestic and foreign companies doing business in México, helping them with issues involving foreign investment, international trade, corporate law, real estate, labor law, complex negotiations and mediation.
César Ochoa cofounded EGAO, one of the predecessor firms of EC Legal Rubio Villegas in 1992. He acted as Managing Partner of the Firm from 1999 to 2013, and he is currently the head of its Mergers and Acquisitions Department. He routinely represents clients in complex trans-border transactions and negotiations including M&A transactions, maquiladoras, joint ventures, contracts, international trade, corporate law, tax and real estate matters.
Languages
Spanish and english
Memberships
Member of the U.S.-Mexico Bar Association where he was the Co-Chairman of the Foreign Investment Committee (1999-2000).
Member of the American Bar Association and a member of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution International Committee where he served as Co-Chairman of the ABA NAFTA ADR Sub-committee.
Chairman of the Board (1998-1999) and Secretary (1997-1998) of the El Paso-Juárez World Trade Center.
Member of the Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Sección Chihuahua, President from 1994 to 1997.
Head outside counsel for the Dioceses de Ciudad Juárez on a pro bono basis since 1992.
Co-Founder Deutéra, an organization comprised of prominent businesspersons and professionals, to address the crime problems of Ciudad Juárez, which is successfully implementing programs that engage the community in the search for public safety solutions.
Since 2009 he is also a member of the Mesa de Ciudad Juárez, the public-private board created by the Mexican Federal government to design and oversee its efforts to restore public order in the city. High impact crime rates in Ciudad Juárez dropped an average of 90% from January 2010 to February 2013.
First Mexican attorney to be designated as a Credentialed Mediator by Texas Mediator Credentialing Association.
Education
Law Degree, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey-Campus Chihuahua.
Master of Laws, Harvard Law School-Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mediation Training required to mediate court-referred disputes, University of Texas at Austin School of
Law.
Personal
T. +52 (656) 227 6105
cesar.ochoa@ecrubio.com
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Corporate and M&A
Best known for its market leading international trade and commerce capabilities, EC Rubio has a lengthy track record advising multinational corporations with business operations in Mexico from across a broad array of industries, particularly regarding cross-border work. Derived from its above mentioned IT&C practice, the team houses particularly strong expertise in the maquiladora industry (where it advising clients primarily drawn from the automotive, industrial and logistics services industries) and which positions it well to benefit from the wave of “near-shoring” work that is driving much of the country’s current corporate activity. A sizeable, 30-plus team includes key practitioners César Ochoa (foreign investment, corporate law and real estate) and Daniela Flores (foreign investment, corporate governance and compliance), in Ciudad Juárez; Eduardo David (M&A, corporate restructuring, joint ventures and takeovers), Mario Prado (corporate and regulatory matters), René Alva (foreign investment) and Alejandro Montes (corporate, transactional and AML-compliance), in Mexico City; and Sergio De La Rocha and Lorena Mejía (both of whom handle corporate and contractual law, JVs and foreign investment) in Querétaro. Younger partner Yamel Cázares and Daniel Magaña, who was promoted to counsel in March 2022, are also noted. The firm also has offices in Irapuato, Chihuahua and Puebla.